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Got an offer for a sales applications manager role at Cisco and a Strategic AE role at Amazon - both are basically the same pay (130~ base, 220 OTE)
I don’t have any friends at either company so I was curious if anyone has experience and can shed some light on culture/ work life balance to help me make a decision? Thanks for the help guys!
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Heck ya. Usually they already have a printed one but for that 1/10 chance they don’t it’s definitely clutch.
And if they ask and you don’t have it, you would look super disorganized.
Won’t make or break you but definitely still good to have.
I’ve done it, and been on the receiving end, it’s always received well.
I don’t know many who go through the process of picking out a nice, weighted, textured paper anymore but it can’t be a bad thing from helping your resume stick out from the pile.
Most people print using whatever paper their current agency has. However, yes, it is still a good practice to bring a printed resume since you may interview with multiple people and some may not have it or be unable to pull it up.
Always better to be prepared than not
I don’t do it, I bring my portfolio on an iPad and if they need to see my resume I just pull it up from my book and pass them the iPad.
What do you do when they start taking notes on your screen with a sharpie, then want to keep it so they can review later when they’re trying to make a decision out of the 50 people they just interviewed?
I do but I’m often surprised how much they don’t want them
If your resume is something you’ve put time and effort crafting (from a design perspective) then bring it. But, creative roles are hired on the work in your book, so resumes aren’t key in most creative interviews (in my experience).
My portfolio speaks for itself. Sometimes I don't even send over my resume to land the interview. If you're interested in my background go to my Linkedin. The minute the interview is over the resume will probably end up in their recycle bin anyway don't waste your time.
Yes. I never bring my own copy to interviews because I’m always running from somewhere else
As an interviewer that is
I’m interviewing at the moment and always print out a copy of the candidate’s CV so I can follow along as they talk about their career path and experience. I’m astounded by how often candidates don’t bring their CV to the interview and can’t remember what they’ve submitted, especially when they’ve had a long career. It makes the “Tell is about yourself” question all that much harder, especially with nerves.
I’ve always brought them just in case, but no one has ever asked for it in an interview
I always print but ignore the type of paper.